Headlight attachment



Sept. 1 1, 1934. c SMALLY HEADLIGHT ATTACHMENT Filed Jan. 26. 1952Patented Sept. 11, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HEADLIGHT ATTACHMENTEmanuel C. Smally, Canton, Ohio Application January 26, 1932, Serial No.588,944

' 2 Claims/ (Cl. 24048.4)

This invention pertains to attachments for headlights that are easilyand readily applied and removed therefrom.

The prime object of the invention is to provide simple, economical andefiicient detachable flexible hooded means secured over the front of theheadlight lens to which means is fixedly secured a vertically disposedcolored transparent medium partly cut away so as to simultaneouslyproduce a combined white light and a colored beam from the headlight.

The above, together with other objects which will be apparent from thedrawing and following description, or which will be later pointed out,may be attained by constructing the device as illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of aheadlight showing the improved attachment mounted over 20 the lensthereof;

Fig. 2, a vertical sectional view through a headlight having theattachment thereon;

Fig. 3, a detail sectional view of a portion of the headlight showing amodified form of the attachment;

Fig. 4, a view similar to Fig. 3, showing still another modified form ofthe invention;

Fig. 5, a view similar to Figs. 2 and 3 showing another modification ofthe attachment; and

Fig. 6, a fragmentary detail elevation showing the form of attachmentillustrated in Fig. 5.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the drawing.

An automobile headlight of any conventional form is illustrated in Figs.1 and 2, the outer housing or casing thereof being indicated at 10, thereflector being shown at 11, the bright light bulb at 12, the parkinglight bulb at 13, the lens 14 being secured upon the headlight incustomary manner as by the usual ring 15 and the headlight being mountedupon a bracket of usual and ordinary construction, as indicated at 16.

The attachment to which the invention pertains includes a coloredtransparent medium 17 in the form of a disk of suitable size tosubstantially cover the lens 14. This disk may be formed of cellophanein which case two sheets are preferably placed together as best shown inbeen found that a sheet of cellophane when exposed to moisture upon bothsides will rapidly deteriorate but the moistening of only one surface ofthe cellophane sheet does not produce this effect. Thus by placing twosheets of the Fig. 2. This is done for the reason that it has cellophanetogether, each sheet protects one surface of the other sheet andprevents it from disintegrating when exposed to the fog.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, for the purpose of securing the transparentcolored medium in place over the lens of the headlight, a band or strip18 of fabric may be stitched or otherwise attached to the peripheralportion of the cellophane disk as indicated at 19, this band being ofsuflicient width to extend over the ring 15 of the headlight and havingat its free edge a casing 20 within which may be located an elastic bandor drawstring as indicated at 21,

which may be drawn down tightly around the outer housing or casing 10 ofthe headlight behind the ring 15 so as to hold the cellophane disk inposition in front of the lens, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

If desired, other flexible means may be provided for assisting inholding the attachment in place, such as the straps 22 shown in Fig. 1and adapted to be connected at opposite ends to the edge portions of thefabric band 18 and to extend around the housing or casing 10 of theheadlight, or if desired, a cord 23 may be connected to the edge portionof the fabric band 18 and tied around the bracket 16.

As shown in Fig. 3, a flexible rubber band 24 may be substituted for thefabric band 18, and stretched over the ring 15 so as to hold the coloredtransparent medium in position upon the headlight.

A slightly different form of the invention is illustrated in this figurein which the transparent colored medium 17a may be cellophane or thelike or, if desired, may be a sheet of glass having its peripheralportion enclosed between the two rings 25 and 26 which may be formed ofhard rubber or the like if desired.

The ring 25 is of angular cross sectional shape while the ring 26 may beof channel cross sectional shape and preferably provided with theannular groove or recess 2'7 which may receive cement for holding thetransparent disk assembled in the frame.

As shown in Fig. 4, the colored transparent medium which may be eithercellophane or glass or other suitable material, as indicated at 17b, isadapted to be attached to the front surface of the headlight lens 14 asby a grooved or channel frame 28'which may extend upward to a pointsubstantially halfway to the top of the headlight so that thetransparent colored medium maybe slid downward therein in front of thelens, which will permit of the device being quickly and easily attachedto or detached from the headlight.

If desired, one or more soft rubber vacuum cups 35 may be provided uponthe inner side of the transparent colored medium 17b for connection tothe front of the lens 14 so as to assist in holding the attachment inplace.

In the form of the invention shown in Figs. 5.and 6, the transparentcolored disk 1'70, 0! cellophane or the like, may have its peripheralportion turned inward as at 29, a ring of cork or the like as indicatedat 30 being connected to the inner side thereof for contact with thering 15 of the headlight and a split sheet metal ring 31 being connectedto the outer side thereof, both as by rivets 32.

A clamping device 33 of any usual and well known construction isprovided in the sheet metal ring 31 so that the attachment may heslipped over the ring 15 of the headlight and tightly clamped thereon.

The transparent colored medium may cover the entire surface of the lensor if it is desirable or necessary, because of laws or ordinances incertain localities, to have a clear light showing from the headlight. aportion of the transparent colored medium may be cut out as indicated at36 in Fig. 1 so that a beam of clear light from the headlight may bedirected through this cutout.

I claim:

1. An attachment for a headlight comprising a flexible annular hoodedmember adapted to be fixedly fitted over the outer end of the headlight,said member'having an annular flexible outer band portion, and twosheets of colored cellophane placed together and fixedly secured to theinner side of the band, a portion of said sheets being cut away so thata combined beam of clear light and colored light are produced by theheadlight.

2. An attachment for a headlight, comprising a' flexible annular memberadapted to be secured over the outer end of the headlight, a flattransparent colored sheet secured to a portion of said member andadapted to be positioned on the outer side of the headlight lens, thefree edge of the sheet terminating at a point within the annular bandwhereby a combined beam of clear and colored light is produced by saidheadlight.

EMANUEL C. SMALLY.

